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Figure 1 Group 14 herbicide (e.g. sulfentrazone – Authority) injury to an emerging cotyledon on the right, causing necrosis (browning). Risk of this injury increases when a soybean’s hypocotyl absorbs more herbicide due to either a heavy rainfall occurring as seen here.
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Corn planting nears completion, first cut alfalfa begins

OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of June 6

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Field Conditions Significant planting progress has been made in many areas across the province over the last two weeks. Some growers were able to wrap up their corn, soybean and edible bean planting and apply their T3 fungicide applications in wheat. However, those on heavier soils or those who have received persistent rainfall, have not […] Read more
Physiological fleck in winter wheat. This is often misdiagnosed as leaf disease or surfactant injury.
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Field conditions in Ontario seen as ‘frustrating’

OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of May 30

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It continues to be a frustrating spring for field conditions through much of the province. Frequent precipitation has continued to cause delays in tillage, planting, and spraying in some areas, and weather earlier this week has shut down field work once again in many areas. However, with 3–5-day windows of good weather, many producers have […] Read more
(Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)
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Saskatchewan Crop Report: Dryness continues as harvest begins 

Since April 1, the entirety of the province received 200 mm or less of rain

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MarketsFarm – With the exception of a handful of areas, most of Saskatchewan remained dry for the week ended July 31 as harvest operations began in the province’s southwest and west-central regions. Areas north of Prince Albert and northwest of Kindersley, as well as inside and around Hudson Bay each saw more than 30 millimetres […] Read more
Mature winter wheat. (Allan Dawson photo)
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Manitoba’s crops continue to hold up 

Hay yields generally below average; pasture conditions were deteriorating due to dryness

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MarketsFarm – Timely rains in Manitoba have kept the province’s crops in relatively good shape, according to the latest crop report. Manitoba Agriculture said precipitation as of Aug. 1 amounted to as much as 73 millimeters around Zhoda in the southeast to 13 mm at The Pas in the north. Although several locales throughout the […] Read more
Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko/File
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Saskatchewan crops a mixed bag 

Some cereal crops beyond harvesting with plans to salvage for feed

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Marketsfarm – There was a wide mixture of the results in the latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Parts of the province were hobbled by drought conditions, while other areas received upwards to 40 millimetres of rain following a series of thunderstorms during the week of July 18 to 26.  The desiccation of pulse crops […] Read more
Oat crops topped out at 81 per cent good to excellent in Alberta. Photo: iStock
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Alberta crops improve tremendously over last year 

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Crops in Alberta remain in good shape as the latest crop report noted all crops across the province are 72 per cent good to excellent. That’s a huge improvement compared to this time last year when drought pushed crops down to 20 per cent good to excellent. Rain, especially in June proved to be very […] Read more

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